Director: Ridley Scott
Rated: R
Length: 124 min.
Surprise, surprise...For the umpteenth time a sci-fi thriller failed to produce the level of excitement that it had been hyped up to be. With incredible scenery and astounding special effects that rival that of Avatar, this film still fails on all the truly important aspects of film; plot, direction, and dialogue. The subsequent prequel to what some regard as the best sci-fi film of all time, Alien (with the exception of Star Wars of course;), this was nowhere near the level of astonishment that I had expected from a Ridley Scott film. For those of you who enjoy the visual appeal of a film, this delivers on all counts; but for all you science buffs out there looking for a truly epic scientific adventure, go ahead and just watch the re-run of the original Star Wars trilogy on Spike TV. The unfortunate part about this film is that it had so much promise to be an intriguing film at its beginning; but with little to no plot explanation, this film was extremely hard to follow. Not to mention the fact that the originality of this film was about a 2 on the shock and awe scale. I mean how many times have we seen space explorers reach another planet to find extra terrestrials? I remember my first sci-fi film (it was E.T. and I was 9). When are we going to move on from this obsession with aliens? I mean grow-the-f@*% -up. Prometheus.
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